From canonical criticism to ecumenical exegesis? : a study in biblical hermeneutics

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction --
1.1. Research Question, Method and Structure --
1.2. What is Canonical Criticism? A Note on Terminology --
1.3. Emergence of the Canonical Approach --
1.3.1. State of the Canonical Debate and the Current Study --
1.4. Selection of Authors --
2. Canonical Exegesis of the New Testament Gospels: Five Cases --
2.1. Brevard S. Childs --
2.1.1. Canonical Approach of Brevard S. Childs --
2.1.2. Presentation of a Representative Exegesis --
2.1.3. Analysis --
2.1.4. Conclusions --
2.2. James A. Sanders --
2.2.1. Canonical Approach of James A Sanders --
2.2.2. Presentation of a Representative Exegesis --
2.2.3. Analysis --
2.2.4. Conclusions --
2.3. Peter Stuhlmacher --
2.3.1. Canonical Approach of Stuhlmacher --
2.3.2. Presentation of a Representative Exegesis --
2.3.3. Analysis --
2.5.4. Conclusions --
2.5. Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI --
2.5.1. Canonical Approach of Joseph Ratzinger --
2.5.2. Presentation of a Representative Exegesis --
2.5.3. Analysis --
2.5.4. Conclusions --
2.6. \"Amsterdam School of Exegesis\" --
2.6.1. Canonical Approach of the \"Amsterdam School of Exegesis\" --
2.6.2. Presentation of a Representative Exegesis --
2.6.3. Analysis --
2.6.4. Conclusions --
3. Canonical Exegesis Considered: Heuristic Potential and Potential Pitfalls --
3.1. Scripture and Community: The World in Front of the Text --
3.1.1. Interrelationship between Text and Community --
3.1.2. Scripture as the Book of the Church --
3.1.3. Is Every Critic a Theologian? --
3.1.4. Points of Convergence with Contemporary Hermeneutical Thought --
3.2. Justice to the Texts? --
3.2.1. Canonical Exegesis and the \"Final Form\" of the Text --
3.2.2. Canonical Dimension of the Texts Themselves --
3.2.3. Listening to the Claims of Texts --
3.2.4. Interpretation through Tradition --
3.2.5. Interpretation and Praxis --
3.3. World \"Behind the Text?\" --
3.3.1. History, Witness, and Revelation --
3.3.2. Canonical Process and the World behind the Text --
3.3.3. Concluding Observations: Canonical Approaches and History --
3.4. Potential Pitfalls --
4. Canonical Criticism: On the Road Towards Ecumenical Hermeneutics? --
4.1. Introduction --
4.2. Contemporary Ecumenical Hermeneutics and Canonical Criticism: An Inventarisation and Comparison --
4.2.1. Introduction --
4.2.2. Hermeneutics in the Ecumenical Movement until 1963 --
4.2.3. Hermeneutics at the World Conference on Faith and Order in Montreal (1963) --
4.2.4. From \"Montreal\" to a Treasure in Earthen Vessels (1998) --
4.2.5. Hermeneutics in the Church. Towards a Common Vision (2013) --
4.3. Ecumenical and Canonical Hermeneutics: Compatibilities and Challenges --
5. General Conclusions and Outlook: Perspectives for Canonically Inspired Exegesis.